Kerala has witnessed a sharp decline in its birth rate over the last two decades, hitting a 20-year low. In 2024, the state saw only 3.48 lakh births, a sharp decline from 5.34 lakh in 2014 and around ...

KOCHI: Gender budget for 202526 has an allocation of Rs 4,840.12 crore, which is 20.79% of the total plan outlay. In the last fi scal, it was Rs 4,661.51 crore. There is an overall increase of Rs 178.

A total of ₹65 crore has been earmarked in this year's budget for the development of non-major ports, including Ponnani, as ...

FM Balagopal, bogged down by the state’s worsening finances, presented a budget that is neither populist nor imaginative. He ...

Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal, in his budget speech on Friday, revealed that metro trains will soon run in Kozhikode, ...

News18, Balagopal attributed the declining trend to "a phenomenon of every developed economy" and said it is not a rare thing ...

Ernakulam MLA criticizes State government for neglecting Kochi in budget allocations, Mayor highlights funds allocated for ...

In the state’s annual statement, the fiscal deficit as percentage of GSDP has been pegged at 3.16% in FY 2025-26, down from 3 ...

Finance Minister K N Balagopal concluded his speech stating that every budget is a historical document which is a testament ...

Home’ project will be implemented within a 10-km radius in the initial phase of popular hotspots including Fort Kochi, Munnar, Kumarakom and Kovalam.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As opposed to belligerent posturing against the BJP-led Union government and the Opposition UDF last time ...